NEW YORK – Devin Haney wore dark sunglasses indoors Wednesday night, but he could clearly see what awaits him if he handles Jose Ramirez.

If the former fully unified lightweight champion gets by Ramirez on Friday night in Times Square, he will have done his part to earn his shot at redemption. The fight that matters most to Haney also will require Ryan Garcia to defeat Rolando “Rolly” Romero in the 12-round main event of The Ring’s “FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves” card held within one of the world’s most iconic spaces.

Garcia’s fans were loud and proud when Haney spoke during a press conference at Manhattan Center that was open to the public. A stone-faced Haney could not have cared less.

“Y’all can boo or y’all can cheer,” he saiid. “It don’t matter. It’s all noise. It’s all noise. When I dust Jose Ramirez off on Friday, Imma get to your boy Ryan after. That’s it.”

Garcia later launched into a tirade when Bill Haney, Devin’s father, trainer and manager, questioned whether he would emerge clean from his performance-enhancing drug testing process regulated by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association.

Haney and Garcia, both 26, will fight for the first time since Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs, 1 NC) dropped Haney (31-0, 15 KOs, 1 NC) three times and defeated him by majority decision April 2024 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Garcia’s 12-round win was changed to a no-contest because he tested positive for Ostarine, a banned substance, in a post-fight PED test.

In addition to having a victory removed from his record, the New York State Athletic Commission fined Garcia $1.2 million and suspended him for one year.

DraftKings heavily favors Garcia (9-1) and Haney (12-1) to win welterweight fights that’ll be part of a DAZN Pay-Per-View show ($59.99 in the United States). If Garcia and Haney emerge victorious, their rematch is expected to take place sometime in October.

Ramirez (29-2, 18 KOs), of Avenal, California, lost his last fight to Arnold Barboza Jr. (32-0, 11 KOs), who will challenge Ring and WBO junior welterweight champ Teofimo Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) on Friday night. Ramirez, 32, feels fresher and stronger this week, though, because he and Haney will fight at a contracted catchweight of 144 pounds rather than the junior welterweight limit Ramirez mightily struggled to make in recent years.

“I know he’s a very talented fighter,” Ramirez said. “I know he’s a good fighter. He’s a great fighter. But on Friday, May 2nd, I will beat Devin Haney. And we’re going out there [as] the best version of Jose Ramirez. And the best chapter is yet to come.”

Ramirez, a 2012 U.S. Olympian, has lost only a pair of unanimous decisions to Barboza and former undisputed 140-pound champ Josh Taylor.

Barboza beat Ramirez convincingly on Nov. 16 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Scotland’s Taylor, who was 17-0 at that time, dropped Ramirez twice in their bout to become boxing’s second fully unified 140-pound champ of the four-belt era in May 2021 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

“Last time I [fought] in New York, I became a world champion,” Ramirez said of his unanimous points win against Amir Imam in March 2018. “I got a good feeling about New York.”